The online duck race is becoming more popular. During lockdown I added 1 Yellow Duck to the balloon race to test the market and see if there was any demand for ducks. In the beginning it wasn’t viable to build a custom race so ducks had to run on the balloon race platform with references to balloons everywhere.
After a short time I added more colours:
As demand increased I added characters:
We’re now at the point of 50/50 for balloons and ducks so this week we’ve made more changes.
The Description at the top of the page now says “Virtual Duck Race”:
The “See balloons in flight” button is now “see ducks swimming”:
After registering a duck the email confirmation wording has been changed:
Hi David,
Thank you for entering duck(s) for the Test Ducks virtual duck race.
Your ducks are now ready to fly!
You can follow your ducks at https://www.balloonrace.net/ducks/
Best of luck in the race.
Regards.
Confirmation email.
Test Ducks Race Team.
It’s expensive to make these tweaks so I plan to slowly remove the balloon references over 2024 (if a duck race has been selected).
Update March 2025 – The final changes on the home page have been the completed:
“The balloons cost £3” has been changed to “The ducks cost £3” and we now have “Looking for a Duck?” and “Find my Duck”:
You can setup a duck race here.